Maria Teaiwa-Rutherford, MD

Dr. Feder is an experienced, board-certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist with special interests in preconception counseling. Dr. Feder joins Weill Cornell Medicine's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology after 20 years as a senior faculty member at Mount Sinai West Hospital. She has held numerous leadership positions, such as the Director of Ambulatory Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mount Sinai West, Medical Director of the Mount Sinai West Faculty Practice, and a member of the Mount Sinai West Obstetrics and Gynecology Resident Selection Committee and Executive Committee. She is also an Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Feder received her bachelor's degree in history from Washington University in St. Louis in 1992. During her undergraduate career, she spent a year at King's College of the University of London studying history and English. She obtained her medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1996. While in medical school, she was elected to the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. Dr. Feder received residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, then a teaching hospital of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating in 2000. As a resident, she was recognized for teaching excellence by Columbia's medical students. Also during residency, she was a Galloway Fellow at Sloan-Kettering Memorial Cancer Center. In 2002, she was appointed Assistant Clinical Professorof Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, a position she held until 2013. Dr. Feder is a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Dr. Farzaneh Nabizadeh is a faculty attending physician in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Nabizadeh is an experienced, board-certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist. Her skills and interests encompass the full range of obstetrics and gynecology. Dr. Nabizadeh earned a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Ottawa. She received her medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine. After medical school, she worked as a research coordinator at Columbia University, studying osteoporosis, with her work being published in peer-reviewed medical journals. She completed her residency in Obstetricsand Gynecology at NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital in 2008.Before joining Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Nabizadeh spent six years in private practice at Mount Sinai West and at the Reliant Medical Group in Worcester, Massachusetts. During her time at MSW and Worcester, she also was Director of Medical Education in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Saint Vincent Hospital and an associate clinical professor at the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine and the Ross University School of Medicine. Dr. Nabizadeh’s life as an obstetrician-gynecologist has included formal awards for the teaching of residents and medical students, as well as research into women’s health, including a paper on hydrothermal endometrial ablation, a minimally invasive alternative for uterine fibroids. She also has an impressive history of medical volunteerism: she has worked with Doctors Without Borders since 2012, visited Guatemala with Surgicorp in 2015, and provided free medical care in Worchester at a local church-run clinic.Dr. Nabizadeh is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She speaks English, German, and Farsi.In her free time, she runs, boxes, and loves to read poetry.

Dr. Ayisha Buckley is board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Buckley focuses on high-risk pregnancy with special interest in severe maternal morbidity, cardio-obstetrics, health equity, global/international health, and medical education.Dr. Buckley earned her medical degree and bachelor's degree from the University of Florida College of Medicine, after completing a highly competitive combined MD/Bachelors program. She graduated magna cum laude and went on to complete her OB/GYN residency at Stony Brook University Medical Center, followed by a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship at the Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Buckley subsequently completed an additional fellowship at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in Anesthesia Critical Care.During her residency, she served as a medical student mentor and was honored with the Award for Excellence in Obstetrics as well as several medical students teaching awards, including the Resident Teaching Award. During her MFM Fellowship, she was inducted into the illustrious Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society.Dr. Buckley has been published in peer-reviewed journals and publications on topics like racial and ethnic disparities with the vaginal birth after cesarean delivery (VBAC) calculator as well as in the SARS-CoV-2 antibody response among pregnant women. Dr. Buckley is a member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.